| 翻訳と辞書 |
Chiwara
A Chiwara (also Chi wara, Ci Wara, or Tyi Wara; (バンバラ語:ciwara); (フランス語:tchiwara)) is a ritual object representing an antelope, used by the Bambara ethnic group in Mali. The Chiwara initiation society uses Chiwara masks, as well as dances and rituals associated primarily with agriculture, to teach young Bamana men social values as well as agricultural techniques.
== Stylistic variations ==
Chiwara masks are categorized in three ways: horizontal, vertical, or abstract. In addition, Chiwara can be either male or female. Female Chiwara masks are denoted by the presence of a baby antelope and straight horns. Male Chiwara masks have bent horns and a phallus. The sex of a Chiwara mask is much clearer on horizontal and vertical masks while abstract masks tend to be difficult to classify.
The appearance of the Chiwara form varies greatly both by region and time produced. Specific master wood carvers also subtly modified the accepted (or even religiously mandated) local forms, forming a distinct "signature" or "school" of Chiwara figures.〔Allen Wardwell (November 1984) A Bambara Master Carver, ''African Arts'', 18(1):pp83–84.〕 These regional variations have been roughly assigned the stylistic categories above. Thus ''the Bougouni / Southern region style'' are an amalgam of several animal motifs combined in the same work, in an abstract style; ''the Bamako / Northern region style'' is usually of the horizontal style; ''the Segu/ Northern region style'' (the heartland of the Bambara Empire) matches the vertical style with the unique "cut out" triangular body motif of the males. Other regional styles have been proposed, including ''the Sikasso region style'', with a thin, delicate, vertical form within almost human, snoutless face.〔See descriptions at (Ciwara, African chimeras. Exhibition, Musée du quai Branly, Paris. 23 June – 17 December 2006 ). and see the galleries at (Hamill Gallery:Bamana Chi Wara ).〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Chiwara」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|